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Purely out of curiosity, have any copies of this changed hands lately? Last I heard it was in the $13-15k range but I'm wondering if that's still true...
(This was in part prompted by the recent Camelot sale of The Regulators - it seems like that one has appreciated a bit in the last couple years if a (slightly) damaged copy sold for $12.5k in less than a week.)
That last sale was $11K. AND by Ebay auction... now it was close to the holidays and two bidders... SO would think this book is in the $11k range and up to $12500 for a stretch.
That auction ended at 12.5K. It's not in the sold items on eBay anymore, but I have email notifications about it since I was watching it.
Sorry, you are right.. I was at 11K ( I was the 2nd bidder on the auction) which is why I was thinking that number. I would still say 11000-12500 is a pretty good peg. I had one for sale at 15000 for awhile with no bites not long ago and owner decided he could keep it as his $$ changed.
EDIT: If memory serves, there was only 2 bidders after like $8K too...
I think your friend got a great deal either way. An eBay auction probably wasn't the best selling format to get top dollar for a high value item like this. The pool of collectors willing to spend 15K is somewhat small, so if you throw an auction on eBay that runs for 7 or 10 days, you run the chance that some of those people will miss it. I've sold a lot of things on eBay at auction, and sometimes you're happily surprised, and sometimes you're angrily surprised at auction results. For all we know, someone may have been waiting to snipe that auction at the last minute, but missed it for any variety of dumb reasons. I've certainly missed a few, by seconds sometimes.